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Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) of lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during the stance phase of gait

From: The effect of exercise modality on age-related changes observed during running

 

Running

Resistance Training

Swim/Cycle

Young

Older

Kinematics (°)

 Ankle IC

1.71 (5.10)

3.52 (4.42)

3.60 (6.26)

2.48 (3.64)

 Ankle Peak

21.17 (1.65)

21.94 (1.68)

22.36 (3.50)

21.06 (2.03)

 Ankle ROM

19.46 (4.93)

18.42 (3.81)

22.69 (11.75)

18.58 (3.94)

 Knee IC

-17.39 (2.38)

-18.80 (3.10)

-17.44 (2.91)

-17.29 (4.74)

 Knee Peak

-41.69 (2.38)

-41.63 (2.63)

-42.89 (4.89)

-40.68 (3.88)

 Knee ROM

24.30 (2.84)

22.83 (2.79)

26.70 (7.69)

23.39 (3.95)

 Hip IC

46.10 (4.77)

46.83 (6.60)

45.94 (6.60)

45.66 (5.69)

 Hip ROM

44.74 (5.80)

45.27 (4.38)

45.87 (6.15)

45.25 (8.47)

Kinetics

 Peak vGRF (N/BW)

2.52 (0.16)

2.34 (0.20)

2.60 (0.37)

2.44 (0.26)

 Peak PF moment (Nm/kg)

-2.74 (0.30)

-2.54 (0.33)

-2.76 (0.58)

-2.71 (0.55)

 Peak KE moment (Nm/kg)

2.41 (0.37)

2.15 (0.21)

2.71 (0.91)

2.43 (0.51)

 Peak HE moment (Nm/kg)

-2.50 (0.45)

-2.66 (0.78)

-2.84 (1.35)

-2.77 (0.98)

 Max ankle power (W/kg)

14.26 (2.79)

12.32 (2.20)

14.61 (3.39)

14.00 (3.15)

 Max knee power (W/kg)

5.34 (1.10)

4.80 (0.59)

6.83 (2.87) *

5.75 (1.56)

 Max hip power (W/kg)

3.76 (1.25)

4.65 (1.36)

4.55 (2.27)

4.19 (1.26)

 Positive ankle work (J/kg)

0.14 (0.03)

0.14 (0.2)

0.15 (0.04)

0.15 (0.03)

 Positive knee work (J/kg)

0.05 (0.01)

0.05 (0.01)

0.06 (0.02)

0.05 (0.02)

 Positive hip work (J/kg)

0.04 (0.02)

0.06 (0.02)

0.05 (0.01)

0.05 (0.01)

  1. IC initial contact, ROM range of motion, vGRF vertical ground reaction force, PF plantarflexor, KE knee extension, HE hip extension, N newtons, BW body weight, Nm newton meters, kg kilograms, W watts, J joules
  2. * significant difference between respective group and older runners, (p ≤ 0.05)
  3. denotes large effect size (≥ .8) between respective group and older runners